D · CGY · NHL id 8482165
Yan Kuznetsov has played 1 game for the Calgary Flames in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 18:10 a night (14:38 at even strength, 0:05 on the power play and 3:27 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 80% of his 5v5 minutes with Zach Whitecloud and 35% with Mikael Backlund in his only game so far, and the Flames have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Kuznetsov on the ice (1-2 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against SEA he was on D3 with Zach Whitecloud and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
- −2:27 5v5 TOI
- On-ice xGF/60 1.35 (was 2.79)
- Top-four D in 0 of last 1 (was 16 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 18:10 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CGY: 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.01 expected goals; best chance Yan Kuznetsov at 0.01 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 57 GP · 12 points vs 14.2 expected
Last 20 games: -52. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.3%
- 96.8
- 30.0%
- G vs xG
- 4 / 3.3
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played57
- Goals4481st of 715
- Assists8513th of 715
- Points12531st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points238th of 715
- Shots on goal64477th of 715
- Hits79244th of 715
- Blocked shots10279th of 715
- Plus/minus−8523rd of 715
- Penalty minutes28321st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.9%465th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.5%430th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)44.3%611th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)44.4%610th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)46.2%536th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)43.1%661st of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.06701st of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.148704th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.21587th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game20:05126th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:03560th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %43.9%514th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.63624th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO968626th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.7237th of 715
- Luck Meter−35634th of 828
- Ascension score41330th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.0455th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts39470th of 715
- Hardest shot100.213th of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.9%547th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 55 of 57 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.074
- Season net
- −1.23xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.06
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.001
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2026 vs NYI | Rush | carry | 2* | 72.5 | — | |
| Jan 3, 2026 vs NSH | Off the faceoff | — | 2* | 69.8 | one-timer | |
| Dec 8, 2025 vs BUF | Forecheck turnover | loose | 0 | 2.7 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 28, 2025 @ FLA | Rush | carry | 1 | 75.2 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kuznetsov
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Kuznetsov apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Whitecloud | D | 1 | 11:40 | 80% | 45.2% | 33% (1-2) | 100.0% 2:58 | 100.0% 3:13 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | 1 | 5:04 | 35% | 63.6% | 0% (0-1) | 51.9% 9:34 | 35.7% 7:36 |
| Joel Farabee | LW | 1 | 4:55 | 34% | 55.6% | 0% (0-1) | 55.2% 9:43 | 33.3% 7:54 |
| Samuel Honzek | LW | 1 | 4:54 | 33% | 63.6% | 0% (0-1) | 51.9% 9:44 | 38.5% 7:12 |
| Adam Klapka | RW | 1 | 3:55 | 27% | 62.5% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 10:43 | 55.6% 7:34 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | RW | 1 | 3:47 | 26% | 53.8% | — (0-0) | 56.0% 10:51 | 62.5% 7:50 |
| Matt Coronato | RW | 1 | 3:46 | 26% | 44.4% | — (0-0) | 58.6% 10:52 | 59.1% 8:27 |
| Martin Pospisil | C | 1 | 3:41 | 25% | 53.8% | — (0-0) | 56.0% 10:57 | 62.5% 7:07 |
| Matvei Gridin | RW | 1 | 3:37 | 25% | 44.4% | — (0-0) | 58.6% 11:01 | 61.9% 7:25 |
| Morgan Frost | C | 1 | 3:22 | 23% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 55.2% 11:16 | 57.1% 8:02 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 1 | 2:32 | 17% | 60.0% | 50% (1-1) | 54.5% 12:06 | 61.9% 10:35 |
| Zayne Parekh | D | 1 | 2:17 | 16% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 46.9% 12:21 | 55.2% 14:12 |
| Connor Zary | C | 1 | 2:11 | 15% | 50.0% | 50% (1-1) | 55.9% 12:27 | 65.0% 10:06 |
| Ryan Strome | C | 1 | 2:10 | 15% | 40.0% | 50% (1-1) | 57.6% 12:28 | 61.9% 11:25 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs SEA | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 18:10 | 14:38 | 0:05 | 3:27 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 18:10 | 18:10 | 22 | 23 | 48.9% | 46.9% | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 0.4 | 1.7 | 25% |
| Even strength | 1 | 14:38 | 14:38 | 21 | 17 | 55.3% | 53.8% | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.3 | 1.0 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 14:38 | 14:38 | 21 | 17 | 55.3% | 53.8% | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.3 | 1.0 | 67% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:05 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 3:27 | 3:27 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 16.7% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:24 | 2:24 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | CGY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 2025-26 | CGY | 57 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 28 | 64 | 6.3% | 79 | 102 | 20:05 |
| 2023-24 | CGY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
Yan Kuznetsov news
- Yan Kuznetsov News: Good to go for 2026-27RotoWire
- Flames' Yan Kuznetsov: Good to go for 2026-27CBS Sports
- Yan Kuznetsov HomeNHL.com
- Yan Kuznetsov StatsNHL.com
- Yan Kuznetsov Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 3 Flames Due to Regress in 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- 2 More Calgary Flames Players Who Should Be UntouchableThe Hockey Writers
- FN Report Cards: Yan Kuznetsov had a breakout 2025-26 seasonFlames Nation
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.